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.(No Model.) I I P. P. BUTMAN.

` PRINTERS GALLEY. 1\o.`352,85b4 Patented Nov. 16, 1886.

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FEED r. EUTMAN, or HoLBEooK, MASSACHUSETTS.

PRINTERS GALLEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,854, dated November 16, 1886.

Application filed February 2, 1885. Serial No. 154,709. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED P. BUTMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Holbrook, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printers Galleys, of which the following is a specification.

The objectief my invention is, rst, to provide a device by which isremoved all danger of upsetting the type when its connection with vvthe side-stick of the galley is severed, and to prevent any of the type from clinging to said side-stick, as is now liable to' occur, and to provide an improved galley in which and from which, owing to the roundedor angular character of its sides, the type may be set or removed, as desired, more readily and with less danger of upsetting than in the straightedged'galleys now in use. The means by which I accomplish these` results are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view of the galley before locking. Fig. 2 is a plan of same when locked. Fig. 3 is au end view showing the rounded edges of the galley and side-stick. y The same let-ters indicate similar parts in the different gures. l

A is the bed-plate of the galley, and is of usual construetiomexcept that the side a, opposite the side-stick B, is provided with .a rounded angular, or semi-cylindrical edge, as hereinafterexplained.

Bis the side-stick, hung upon the pins b b, which move in slot-s ce in frame of the galley, thus allowing a lateral sliding motion to the side-stick. The outer edge of this side-stick is rounded t0 correspond with edge a, while` the inner side is provided with several projections having inclined outer surfaces, d d d, corresponding to similar inclined surfaces, e e e,of the wedge C. This Wedge C rests loosely on the bed-plate of the galley, and is guided by the pins f f in grooves g g in the frame of the galley.

The operation is as follows: After the type is placed in the galley the Wedge Gis slipped toward the top of the galley by the hand, and the inclined surfaces ke e e, bearing against the corresponding surfaces, d d dforce the sidestick laterally into contact with the lines of type and lock them. in the galley by the pressure between said side-stick and the edge a of the galley-frame. Merely drawing back the wedge C to its normal position unlocks or releases the type when it is desired to remove it to the chase or for other purposes. This motion is aided by springs h inset in the under side of the side stick and pressing against pins t t, fastened to the bottom of the galley-frame, and thus tending to draw it away from the type as soon as it is released from the action of the Wedge C. This mere movement back and forth of the wedge C, which may be done in a second or less, serves to lock or unlock the type automatically, without demanding any skill or adjusting by the type-setter. l

As before stated, the type, when locked, is held by the pressure between the outer edge of the side-stick B and the edge a of the galley-frame. These two opposing edges should be rounded or shaped in some fashion, so that they may not offer a dat surface to the type, in which case, after being wet, as usual in handling them, the type would adhere to the moist binding-surfaces. Preferably these two opposing edges are rounded in a semi-cylindrical form, as that presents the least amount of surface to adhere to the type, and thus all danger of upsetting any portion of the type in removing it from the galley is done away. When it is desirable to use a galley without a side-stick, the edges of the galley should be made in this round or semi-cylindrical form, to avoid danger of upsetting the type, as just explained.

I claim- 1. In a printers galley, the combination of a sidestick and opposing galley-frame provided with-rounded or semi-cylindrical edges, as herein described, and for the purposes specified.

2. A printers galley the inner edge of whose side is rounded, as and for the purpose described. i

FRED P. BUTMAN.

Witnesses:

W. P. PREBLE, Jr., WM. S. RoGERs. 

